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It was nasty. As King Harold apparently said at the start of the battle "this is getting bloody dangerous-those Normans will have somebody's eye out in a minute..."
@@alfiemccook3937 there isn't, and I personally don't think he did. His body was found by the Normans and they wrote about his injuries. He had many stab wounds all over his body, and they had castrated his corpse and beheaded him, his wife identified him by scars and tattoos on his body. They mentioned all of his injuries except for an arrow in the face, and that's quite an obvious injury so I think they would have mentioned it. The only thing we have to go on is the Bayeux tapestry, but that isn't conclusive evidence, we have no way of knowing if the man with the arrow in the eye is Harold or not; it does say Harold above him, but that still doesn't necessarily mean it's him. He difinitely fell on the battlefield, without doubt, but I personally don't think he was killed by an arrow
Just think, because of this relatively small but important battle, the descendants of the Normans have been the ruling class of England for almost a 1000 years
@Thors Anvil The normans are indeed responsible, for the attrocities commited against irish and welsh people. During the days of the Anglo-Saxons, the irish kings and welsh kings, were powerful, strong, rich and created such a vast culture, that was nearly wiped out by the norman bastards.
@Sergeant Shitface actually, the British Empire was formed because of a Scottish King inheriting the English throne... with the foundations of a new relationship between Scotland and England, the British Isles looked outwards.
Wolfgang Von Zubaz It’s only relatively small to the largest battles the world has ever seen, but at the time that was a considerable chunk of the population with most likely well over 15,000 men on the field
@@elgranlugus7267 You seem to harbor a lot of hate for a people that lived a thousand years ago. That said they were also the ones largely responsible for creating the castles the medieval ages are do well known for. They also United the muslims, orthodox and Catholic Christians when they conquered southern Italy. And their victory at Hastings led to the rest of Europe using more cavalry thus also bringing about knights(not sure I'd this is completely true but they definitely had a hand in it) They weren't all that bad. So don't be biased with history. It doesn't help in fact it keeps you from learning from it.
I am a direct descendent of Henry de Ferrieres a knight and son of Guillaume Ferrieres a land baron in Normandy. Henry's father Guillaume Ferrieres owned and operated one of the oldest forges on land that contained a large iron deposit. They produced all weapons, armor, and horse shoes for Duke William. Guillaume and Hugh de Mont were both killed in 1040 in a jousting tournament to settle a private war between them. Henry and his older brother William de Ferrieres followed the young Duke William to England, along with many soldiers who fought under the Ferrieres banner, in 1066. William de Ferrieres was killed in the charge that Killed the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson. William the Conqueror gave Henry his brother's share of the spoils of war, as well as rewarding Henry for extra loyalty. This made Henry de Ferrieres one of the largest land barons in England at that time. The French spelling of Ferrieres was changed to Ferrers and brought to America in 1673 by my anscestor. Once in America the British spelling Ferrers was changed to Ferriss. After a few generations the last s was dropped and now it is Ferris.
@@IlNordFiero There was much research that had already tied Samuel Ferrers from Reading England who came to Charleston Massachusetts on November 17th 1673 to Henry de Ferrieres. Henry was the only surviving member of a Norman baronial family that had taken sides with young duke William against those who opposed his rightful claim to power. Guillaume their father and owner and operater of a large iron forge that furnished weapons, armor and horse shoes for the Duke of Normandy. Guillaume was killed in a private dual with a Hugh de Montfort in a jousting match in 1040. Guillaume's sons William and his younger brother Henry de Ferrieres followed William the Conqueror into Briton with considerable Ferrieres soldiers. William de Ferrieres was killed about the same time as King Harold leaving Henry de Ferrieres the sole surviving male of the family. The name Ferrieres is a French spelling and it is believed comes from the name ferrum meaning iron or horseshoe. The Ferris ancient Coat of Arms is a black field with silver horseshoes. Samuel Ferrers had the English Catholic spelling of the name. Samuel Ferrers great grandson Reed married the great, great, great granddaughter of Elizabeth Pabodie Anne. Elizabeth was the first of ten children of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins after their marriage at Plymouth Rock after their voyage on the Mayflower. Anne and Reed had ten children and the sixth was Warren Ferriss. This was the first American spelling of the name. Warren Ferriss was my great, great, great grandfather and there you have the short version.lol
My ancestors are the reason this battle was fought at all. Baron Hubert de rie saved young William Duke of Normandy, when the Duke was being chased by an enemy band. William the conqueror rewarded his sons for their loyalty and are recognized in the domus dei or doomsday book.
@@jamesferris4573 That is definitely impressive! My maternal ancestry actually can be traced back to William the Conqueror's eldest son, Robert Curthose. In 1087, when William died, he named Robert as successor to the Duchy of Normandy, while William Rufus succeeded as King of England, while their youngest brother, Henry, was given 5,000 pounds to buy some land of his own. Though, Henry played Robert and William Rufus against one another, which led to infighting between Normandy and England. Eventually, however, Robert wised up to Henry's antics to gain power for himself, and, choosing not to become a pawn for his youngest brother's ambitions, became one of the leaders of the First Crusade, accompanied by his illegitimate sons: Richard and William de la Hill. At the Battle of Dorylaeum in 1097, he and Bohemond of Taranto were in the Crusader vanguard when the Seljuk army under Kilij Arslan unleashed volleys of arrows upon their camp. As the Normans were on the verge of retreating, Robert shouted the war cry, "Normandy!" and pushed back his helmet, so the men could see his face - just as his father had done at the Battle of Hastings. Unlike a few other of the Crusade leaders, he neither deserted nor took land for himself. Rather, he stayed, and fought at Antioch, Jerusalem and Ascalon. Robert even stayed true to the oath he swore before Alexios Komnenos, and any land he personally took from the Turks was restored to the Eastern Roman Empire. For this, the Komnenoi adored Robert, and upon his return to Constantinople, Alexios showered him with gifts and even offered him a position in the Roman army. Richard de la Hill returned to England early on, but his brother, William, became Lord of Tortosa, in the newly formed County of Tripoli. He died in 1111 at the Battle of Shaizar while fighting against a Turkish army. Richard's descendants, however, remained in England, and one of them, Roger Hill, (born 1491) became a wealthy wool merchant, and was even knighted in 1540 by King Henry VIII. His descendants later settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s, then moved to Philadelphia, Tennessee, and later to Virginia.
I had the thrill of seeing the battlefield during my vacation to the UK in 1986. The site is actually at Battle, a few miles from Hastings. I went to the 1066 Pub for a couple of pints afterward.
slovene ball the reasons are because of medieval heraldry : French king flag : 3 golden lilies on blue background. English king flag : 3 golden lions on a red background. Or may english and french soldiers have fought each other in golden uniforms 😌 ?
Harold was actually more Danish than Anglo Saxon. His mother was Danish and his fathers lineage is unclear but he was a supporter of Cnut the Danish king of England. It was more of fight between two gangs of Vikings. The Anglo Saxon claimant Edgar the aetheling a child did not have an army but was elected as Harolds successor in London
3:08 The draco standard, I saw these first in the game Viking Conquest and thought maybe it was a Viking thing or a Germanic thing. But wiki says it was the standard of Roman cavalry, one the Romans adopted from the east.
A tragedy indeed, the Saxons were victims of circumstance, having had to fight Harald Hardrada of Norway at York before marching south to face WILLIAM, and those events coinciding with the first favourable wind for Williams ships for weeks. Otherwise the Normans would never have made it off the beaches. And this country would have remained aligned with Scandinavia, our language and culture would be different, we might never have had an empire but I can’t help feeling it would be a better place today.
I don't know about a better place...but I agree with you that the history of the world surely would have been different if this battle had gone the other way and the Saxons won; I suggest the USA would not exist, there wouldn't have been a British empire and we certainly wouldn't be talking the English that we do now.
Philip Williams I agree with you on all those counts. My feeling that it would be a better place is based on a belief that the class system which has pervaded our society to this day has its roots in Norman feudalism. It seems significant that this is not so much the case in Scandinavia and Germany, whose societies ours may well have resembled. There was a noble hierarchy among the Saxons but I believe it was of a more interactive and benevolent nature, perhaps because the earls identified more closely with their subjects.
Salvinius Augustus Maybe. But I think English wars with France were also a result of claims arising from intermarriage during the Middle Ages. Not sure it would have affected the rise and fall of Napoleon or German ambitions leading to WW1 & 2.
I’m pretty sure the organised formation wasn’t broken by the Normans the Normans retreated due to them believing that william was killed which he had to remove his helmet so they could see that he wasn’t dead which then they regathered while the Saxons broke formations to chase them down and then they were routed but and king Harold was killed by an Norman arrow to the eye but the Saxon huskarls stayed there and fought to the death around his body so they weren’t actually routed while in formation they could have actually won the battle if they stayed in formation
This battle is also part of my family history. We were involved in the invasion that created the Danelaw too, but returned to Norway to receive inheritance (which was the territory that became Sweden). And then a descendant of Bjorn I king of Sweden, by the name of Rollo conquered Normandy in a roundabout way by laying siege to Paris. Then William Duke of Normandy invades England and gets that crown. A branch of the house of Plantagenet came to America in 1611 and we have been here ever since. Their surname at the time of the crossing was Brewster.
The Battle of Hastings 1066 was the major reason that paved way for the transformation of the English language used today based on the French language, no longer Old English.
this actually does a great job in a few minutes of showing you how the battle was lost for the english and how history turned with the english right. after reading julian rathbone you feel very sorry for the english who did something extraordinary in the lead up to hastings and hung it all out on this battle to lose to such a creature like william
A "creature" Like william? He was a brilliant tactician and the right of conquest was his. Regardless of his faults, You should respect him for his victory and the fact that he is largely to thank for england becoming a significant power. Harold was a good king, and a good general, But saxon rule was outdated and failed to advance in time to combat the Normans. That's all there is to it.
@@thedon9247 "That's all there is to it". William was a tyrant who killed and overthrow all the true nobles of England and then proceeded to put down all rebellions on a genocidal scale. These were both Catholic nations, at the time, Williams actions were sinful and brought harm to Christendom when Christian armies needed to come together to face the threat in Spain and the east. William is also responsible for beginning English involvement in Ireland and Wales, bringing the Kingdoms of the British isles into direct combat for territory against one another. William is also responsible for starting the 100 years war by forever holding the French monarchy in contempt to the English one by making it an unruly vassal of the French. Finally, William is responsible for ending the Witan, which is the oldest democratic form of government in western Europe. William however, was a good steward, he organised England incredibly well, but these advancements were soon to come anyway so I don't really see how he has benefited England in anyway.
@Sporkonafork1 he wasn't called William the bastard for nothing...he also brought in the robber barons from Rouen who seized property and land through usury
Mr Moist I’m sure I’ve read that England was one of the most prosperous kingdoms in western Europe before the Norman conquest, all William did was siphon the wealth upwards, it’s a great pity what happened, and how the Normans treated the Anglo Saxons was then applied against the Welsh, Scots and Irish.
@@thedon9247 England itself was formed by the Anglo-Saxons, along with our own identity, culture and language. The framework, tax system, shires, sheriffs, etc, were inherited by the Normans, only the personnel changed until they became English anyway. Our Royal Navy’s founder was credited to be Alfred the Great, I could go on! In many ways the English law was better than the customs and laws introduced from the continent by the Normans as feudalism. For example the Anglo-Saxon treatment of women was better and freer than the Norman, and the Norman treatment of the lower, labouring class of Serf was close to slavery compared to the Anglo-Saxon treatment of the Ceorl.
If you think about it abstractly, this is in a way the long anticipated Roman reconquest of Britain. A Latin/Norse infused people from northern Gaul under ward of the Frankish Emperor who take Brittania back from the Anglo Saxon marauder kings of old. Who annexed it from the Roman Emperor Honorius. Hey well it only took 600 years haha.
Alexander Hernandez True, except that no frankish emperor (at the time, the Holy Roman Empire) was involved, only the French king. Genuine frankish (caroligian) empire collapsed in the 840's in a full scale civil war that lasted decades; it was succeeded - when dust settled - by western Francia and Germania, renamed circa 950-1000, France and Holy Roman Empire (... Broadly...) But yes, France was at this time totally latin in culture (that definitely includes late10th-11th century Normandy), except for Brittany (celtic), Flanders (flemish) and southern Gasconia (basque).
A typical English Huscarls would carry a Daneaxe, a smaller one handed axe as a sidearm, a Sēaxe stabbing knife (similar to a Gladius in length) and a sword
I am a Time Traveller.I saw the Battle of Hastings.It was probably one of the bloodiest battles I have ever seen in the World.The Great War and WW2 had the greatest losses in Human Life.I remember Stalingrad and the final attack on Berlin.I have travelled back to see the Dinosaurs.Believe me you would not want to meet a T-Rex.I have travelled in the future.Just to let you know that Humans will be living on Planets in the Solar System in the future.
You forgot to mention the secret weapon the Normans had. The Saxons cavalry had to use one hand for the reins, and one hand for sword. The Normans had stirrups. So they could use two hands in battle. They only needed stirrups to guide their horses as you can see Arthur Godfrey do on his horse. Battle horses were huge, being mostly shire horses. They were trained to raise up and come down on soldiers. Plus Williams cavalrymen had the option of shield in one arm , sword in the other. Saxon cavalrymen did not have this luxury.
It’s a new total war thing because in real life there is no way even a warhorse would charge into a shield wall like that, it’s cool but annoying sometimes
This was, imo, the pivotal moment in the history of England and possible of the world. If William the Conquerer would have lost the battle, maybe the 100 years war and many other conflictes would not have taken place but who knows.
I enjoyed your animation and recreation of this Historical battle and yes the actual battle is some 10-12 miles from Hastings at a place and village now called Battle. I have twice been to the actual site 15yrs.ago and again just this yr. It is an interesting place and you Can actually walk the battlefield and it is marked at various stages or areas with info plaques and just recently the adjacent property/Pasture was acquired adding to the entire scope of the original combat area.. I actually knew about this additional area before having seen an ancient map of the so called battlefield so I made it my business to pass thru this adjacent farmers gate and Pasture knowing that the then public park area wasn't all inclusive at that time. I hoped the property owner didn't mind. The fact that King Harold had just finished a pitched battle several days before in the North whenThe Viking Harold (Blue Tooth) Hadrada invaded York with King Harold's dispossessed brother Tostig whom he defeated and then finding himself being invaded again in the South has to race back with his already exhausted and depleated troops to fight yet another incursion by the Norman William and the French. This last battle lasted the better part of day and the vastly out numbered English with King Harolds shieldwall on the high ground withstood several assaults by Williams forces whose heavy horse calvary had a difficult time with the marshy ground at the bottom of this hill. It wasn't until late afternoon that Williams forces were able to Pull off a feigned retreat/attack that the less experienced and disciplined English troops broke ranks from the shieldwall in pursuit thus exposing them to Williams mounted Horse Who were finally able to effectively get the upper hand and shortly thereafter take out King Harold's leadership. The Conquering William seized the day.
The ramifications of this battle are still with us to this day, aristocracy, class structure etc. Quite possibly the most important battle in English history.
@@Learnamericanenglishonline No, English was never replaced by French. The Normans intermarried and integrated with the English, so the language simply reflected that, hence the evolution from Old English to Middle English by the 12th century.
But the aristocracy have more English and Scottish blood today due to the intermarriages over centuries. The Normans themselves became as English as the Anglo-Saxons as well.
Harold wasnt Killed by an arrow in his eye, a popular myth due to the bayeux tapestry having been repaired and the spear held by a warrior being replaced as an arrow. Modern analysis shows it was originally a spear and was held by the warrior but now looks like he is holding the shaft of an arrow. The text above says , here king Harold dies, probably refers to the Warrior behind being hacked by a Norman Cavalryman.
I thought that the whole arrow in the eye thing wasn't the truth... Harold's death was far more brutal, he got cut up, decapitated and he was barely recognizable by the end of the battle.
@@itnotmeitu3896 Well considering it was a death squad that was targeted at Harold himself once the Anglo Saxon shield wall broke, and William was supposedly part of it but that may not be true, however he would have authorized it (or even if he didn't order that, why would he care? He hated Harold for stealing the throne from him as he believed the throne was his)
That's true, the whore arrow in the eye thing came about long after the Battle. But in the Carmen, which is earlier, it tells of a vicious, and dare I say, rather unkingly attack on Harold, when William sent a Norman death-squad against Harold and cut his cock off, his limbs off, everything, by William's orders. That's unbelievably brutal, much more so than an arrow to the eye. And then Harold's Housecarls defended Harold's body 'til the last one dropped.
@@Anglisc1682 The Normans really were mindless barbarians, weren’t they? 😡 And they tried to discredit the Anglo-Saxons over the years as barbarians...thank god for the internet and Tolkien for igniting my interest.
They were not Normans but French. They define themselves clearly as French in the Bayeux Tapestry. It is written quite literally: "here the French massacred those who were with Harold".
well technically speaking the Norman's are originally from what is it Norway or Denmark I cant remember it's like Americans they say they're Americans but theyre not native 😂 The USA was made by British people basically
@@phoenixrose1192 Indeed. Indeed, it was woven by your sister. And it's clearly written Franks on the Bayeux Tapestry. Bye, bye you nationalist troll full of illusIons. And please, don't explain to a French History of France in the 11th century and the relationships between the king of the Regnum Francorum and the Duke of Normandy, vassal of the king of the Franks married withe the daughter of the king of the Franks, Mathilde. If you want to deepen have a look to know who allowed GUILLELM, the one you call william, to become the Duke of Normandy. With the help of King Henry I of France, the young duke set out on a campaign against the Norman rebels, whom he succeeded in defeating at the battle of Val-ès-Dunes, near Caen, in 1047. So don't repeat the nonsense of the British nationalists.
This narrative, I recognize it....Medieval 2 narrator no doubt.
yeah me too
Who couldn't recognise this sexy voice
instantly recognisable
what is the purpose of having a KING when he has no Power & cannot rule/ 2020/ 🧐👽🔦 B.G.S** Youth is wasted on the young.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.🤔
@@TheNoblot no one asked or cared
It was nasty. As King Harold apparently said at the start of the battle "this is getting bloody dangerous-those Normans will have somebody's eye out in a minute..."
Bingo!
Someone’s eye indeed.....😏😏😏
As far as I know there is no proof that he was killed by an arrow to the eye but I may be wrong
@@alfiemccook3937 there isn't, and I personally don't think he did.
His body was found by the Normans and they wrote about his injuries. He had many stab wounds all over his body, and they had castrated his corpse and beheaded him, his wife identified him by scars and tattoos on his body. They mentioned all of his injuries except for an arrow in the face, and that's quite an obvious injury so I think they would have mentioned it. The only thing we have to go on is the Bayeux tapestry, but that isn't conclusive evidence, we have no way of knowing if the man with the arrow in the eye is Harold or not; it does say Harold above him, but that still doesn't necessarily mean it's him.
He difinitely fell on the battlefield, without doubt, but I personally don't think he was killed by an arrow
@Tyler Williams NSS!!
Just think, because of this relatively small but important battle, the descendants of the Normans have been the ruling class of England for almost a 1000 years
Bloody normans
@Thors Anvil
The normans are indeed responsible, for the attrocities commited against irish and welsh people.
During the days of the Anglo-Saxons, the irish kings and welsh kings, were powerful, strong, rich and created such a vast culture, that was nearly wiped out by the norman bastards.
@Sergeant Shitface actually, the British Empire was formed because of a Scottish King inheriting the English throne... with the foundations of a new relationship between Scotland and England, the British Isles looked outwards.
Wolfgang Von Zubaz It’s only relatively small to the largest battles the world has ever seen, but at the time that was a considerable chunk of the population with most likely well over 15,000 men on the field
@@elgranlugus7267 You seem to harbor a lot of hate for a people that lived a thousand years ago.
That said they were also the ones largely responsible for creating the castles the medieval ages are do well known for. They also United the muslims, orthodox and Catholic Christians when they conquered southern Italy. And their victory at Hastings led to the rest of Europe using more cavalry thus also bringing about knights(not sure I'd this is completely true but they definitely had a hand in it)
They weren't all that bad. So don't be biased with history. It doesn't help in fact it keeps you from learning from it.
I am a direct descendent of Henry de Ferrieres a knight and son of Guillaume Ferrieres a land baron in Normandy. Henry's father Guillaume Ferrieres owned and operated one of the oldest forges on land that contained a large iron deposit. They produced all weapons, armor, and horse shoes for Duke William. Guillaume and Hugh de Mont were both killed in 1040 in a jousting tournament to settle a private war between them. Henry and his older brother William de Ferrieres followed the young Duke William to England, along with many soldiers who fought under the Ferrieres banner, in 1066. William de Ferrieres was killed in the charge that Killed the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson. William the Conqueror gave Henry his brother's share of the spoils of war, as well as rewarding Henry for extra loyalty. This made Henry de Ferrieres one of the largest land barons in England at that time. The French spelling of Ferrieres was changed to Ferrers and brought to America in 1673 by my anscestor. Once in America the British spelling Ferrers was changed to Ferriss. After a few generations the last s was dropped and now it is Ferris.
Impressive! How did you discover it?
@@IlNordFiero There was much research that had already tied Samuel Ferrers from Reading England who came to Charleston Massachusetts on November 17th 1673 to Henry de Ferrieres. Henry was the only surviving member of a Norman baronial family that had taken sides with young duke William against those who opposed his rightful claim to power. Guillaume their father and owner and operater of a large iron forge that furnished weapons, armor and horse shoes for the Duke of Normandy. Guillaume was killed in a private dual with a Hugh de Montfort in a jousting match in 1040. Guillaume's sons William and his younger brother Henry de Ferrieres followed William the Conqueror into Briton with considerable Ferrieres soldiers. William de Ferrieres was killed about the same time as King Harold leaving Henry de Ferrieres the sole surviving male of the family. The name Ferrieres is a French spelling and it is believed comes from the name ferrum meaning iron or horseshoe. The Ferris ancient Coat of Arms is a black field with silver horseshoes. Samuel Ferrers had the English Catholic spelling of the name. Samuel Ferrers great grandson Reed married the great, great, great granddaughter of Elizabeth Pabodie Anne. Elizabeth was the first of ten children of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins after their marriage at Plymouth Rock after their voyage on the Mayflower. Anne and Reed had ten children and the sixth was Warren Ferriss. This was the first American spelling of the name. Warren Ferriss was my great, great, great grandfather and there you have the short version.lol
My ancestors are the reason this battle was fought at all. Baron Hubert de rie saved young William Duke of Normandy, when the Duke was being chased by an enemy band. William the conqueror rewarded his sons for their loyalty and are recognized in the domus dei or doomsday book.
@@jamesferris4573 That is definitely impressive! My maternal ancestry actually can be traced back to William the Conqueror's eldest son, Robert Curthose. In 1087, when William died, he named Robert as successor to the Duchy of Normandy, while William Rufus succeeded as King of England, while their youngest brother, Henry, was given 5,000 pounds to buy some land of his own. Though, Henry played Robert and William Rufus against one another, which led to infighting between Normandy and England. Eventually, however, Robert wised up to Henry's antics to gain power for himself, and, choosing not to become a pawn for his youngest brother's ambitions, became one of the leaders of the First Crusade, accompanied by his illegitimate sons: Richard and William de la Hill. At the Battle of Dorylaeum in 1097, he and Bohemond of Taranto were in the Crusader vanguard when the Seljuk army under Kilij Arslan unleashed volleys of arrows upon their camp. As the Normans were on the verge of retreating, Robert shouted the war cry, "Normandy!" and pushed back his helmet, so the men could see his face - just as his father had done at the Battle of Hastings. Unlike a few other of the Crusade leaders, he neither deserted nor took land for himself. Rather, he stayed, and fought at Antioch, Jerusalem and Ascalon. Robert even stayed true to the oath he swore before Alexios Komnenos, and any land he personally took from the Turks was restored to the Eastern Roman Empire. For this, the Komnenoi adored Robert, and upon his return to Constantinople, Alexios showered him with gifts and even offered him a position in the Roman army.
Richard de la Hill returned to England early on, but his brother, William, became Lord of Tortosa, in the newly formed County of Tripoli. He died in 1111 at the Battle of Shaizar while fighting against a Turkish army. Richard's descendants, however, remained in England, and one of them, Roger Hill, (born 1491) became a wealthy wool merchant, and was even knighted in 1540 by King Henry VIII. His descendants later settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s, then moved to Philadelphia, Tennessee, and later to Virginia.
Possibly you also have British blood since some Britons have emigrated to the north of France being Frenched by the Franks.
I had the thrill of seeing the battlefield during my vacation to the UK in 1986. The site is actually at Battle, a few miles from Hastings. I went to the 1066 Pub for a couple of pints afterward.
I went to in about 1980. So tiny. To think such a consequential battle was fought on such a small strip of land.
@@bastogne315 no but I tongue pounded her salty walrus 😛😜😝😋
i remember harold was thought to have been killed where there is a small roundabout now
You visited the wrong place then I'm afraid to tell you .
They never landed in pevensy amd they never fought at battle.
Combe haven and crowhurst
I hope you drank a nice French red in celebration of the following 400 years of cultural oppression.
I thought I was watching a Discovery Channel documentary. Great way to start the year. Awesome video and camera angles, thanks!
3:17 - One Anglo-Saxon got an arrow in the knee. XD
let's hope he can keep adventuring XD
I was waiting for this comment :D
I I used to be an adventurer like you then I took an arrow to the knee
@@majorian6201 come on i was gonna say that 😂
@@samueljackson9401 too late
Hate crime incident in 1066 AD:
"Go home, Normans" spraypainted on wall in London alleyway.
I'm so sick of all these bigots in the 11th century!
Actually it was supposed to say, Normans go home but the grammar was wrong
"Normans, they go the house?" write it out properly 100 times! 😂
Nomanus eunt domus...
"Orcisc Normann Eōrslingas ūt! Hēr wæs Leofric 1/10/1066...and Baldric habben lytel wēapon"
This was well done, I like how you gave us a whole perspective of the battlefield rather than one spot
No offense to french or english people here but... French and English are the best rivalry made in history in my opinion. And the original red vs blue
slovene ball the reasons are because of medieval heraldry :
French king flag : 3 golden lilies on blue background.
English king flag : 3 golden lions on a red background.
Or may english and french soldiers have fought each other in golden uniforms 😌 ?
Oh yeah youre right. To be honest with you we still dont trust the french to this day (im english btw)
Harold was actually more Danish than Anglo Saxon. His mother was Danish and his fathers lineage is unclear but he was a supporter of Cnut the Danish king of England. It was more of fight between two gangs of Vikings. The Anglo Saxon claimant Edgar the aetheling a child did not have an army but was elected as Harolds successor in London
@@ewanedgar8872 neither do we trust you tho lol
Red vs blue, ong you're so right. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Great work. I read a lot about this battle and glad to see its reconstruction
Thank you
That was brilliant footage ... well put together! Best cinematic of Hastings I've seen! :)
The camera man deserves a promotion. One he time travelled to record this and didnt die. Great dude
3:18 He used to be an adventurer like you. Then he took an arrow in the knee.
3:08 The draco standard, I saw these first in the game Viking Conquest and thought maybe it was a Viking thing or a Germanic thing. But wiki says it was the standard of Roman cavalry, one the Romans adopted from the east.
Romans adopted from Dacian warriors
I suppose Harold really did swear loyalty to William, but it was under duress and thus not legitimate.
Best version of this I've seen on TH-cam to date.
thank you
A tragedy indeed, the Saxons were victims of circumstance, having had to fight Harald Hardrada of Norway at York before marching south to face WILLIAM, and those events coinciding with the first favourable wind for Williams ships for weeks. Otherwise the Normans would never have made it off the beaches. And this country would have remained aligned with Scandinavia, our language and culture would be different, we might never have had an empire but I can’t help feeling it would be a better place today.
I don't know about a better place...but I agree with you that the history of the world surely would have been different if this battle had gone the other way and the Saxons won; I suggest the USA would not exist, there wouldn't have been a British empire and we certainly wouldn't be talking the English that we do now.
Philip Williams I agree with you on all those counts. My feeling that it would be a better place is based on a belief that the class system which has pervaded our society to this day has its roots in Norman feudalism. It seems significant that this is not so much the case in Scandinavia and Germany, whose societies ours may well have resembled. There was a noble hierarchy among the Saxons but I believe it was of a more interactive and benevolent nature, perhaps because the earls identified more closely with their subjects.
It would have been a better place for France for sure.
Salvinius Augustus Maybe. But I think English wars with France were also a result of claims arising from intermarriage during the Middle Ages. Not sure it would have affected the rise and fall of Napoleon or German ambitions leading to WW1 & 2.
And there would be far fewer French derived words in English and fewer French place names in England.
I’m pretty sure the organised formation wasn’t broken by the Normans the Normans retreated due to them believing that william was killed which he had to remove his helmet so they could see that he wasn’t dead which then they regathered while the Saxons broke formations to chase them down and then they were routed but and king Harold was killed by an Norman arrow to the eye but the Saxon huskarls stayed there and fought to the death around his body so they weren’t actually routed while in formation they could have actually won the battle if they stayed in formation
This is Discovery level of quality. Really great battle. Keep it up, and don't let TH-cam disencourage you!
awesome!
… happy new year
Thanks, you too mate :D
Dope cinematic!
Thanks mate, I'm your subscriber for 3 years or more, you have one of the best tw channels ! , Greetings
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It's all computer animation dude.Still way cool....
@@Thundergod- it ain't an animation its a simulation
@@Iceavius_ It's both gearhead....
3:18 I used to be an Anglo Saxon warrior like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee.
Wow! Beautiful video! Well done.
Thank you, doing my best !
This looks way more realistic than what Hollywood can produce with high budget
thanks ;)
What a way to start 2019. Happy New Year great narrator. Hope to see more
Of course will be more, Greetings
great work
RIP John Hurt the original voice actor. I think the narrative script was so good that they added the same one to Thrones of Britannia.
This battle was when my family’s name was crated I appreciate you sharing the history of it
This battle is also part of my family history. We were involved in the invasion that created the Danelaw too, but returned to Norway to receive inheritance (which was the territory that became Sweden). And then a descendant of Bjorn I king of Sweden, by the name of Rollo conquered Normandy in a roundabout way by laying siege to Paris. Then William Duke of Normandy invades England and gets that crown. A branch of the house of Plantagenet came to America in 1611 and we have been here ever since. Their surname at the time of the crossing was Brewster.
It's nice to have you back man
The Battle of Hastings 1066 was the major
reason that paved way for the transformation
of the English language used today based on
the French language, no longer Old English.
The plants love when so many bleed on top of the land.
Particularly crimson Nirnroot: "Murder time."
A great example of the fog of war. If my observation was correct William used double-envelopment effectively.
A great analysis of what happened.
Watching this in my little house on the beach in Pevensey. The beach where the Norman's landed prior to the battle.
Well done sir! I just found your channel and its awesome!
Thank you C-3PstOned ,hope you like other movie as well, Greetings
@@SandokanBattles I think Im going to be binge watching all your other videos here pretty soon!! Great content!
And thus begins the first of many battles between France and England.
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1066 - 1815 = 750 years of intense fun !
More Thrones of Britannia battles. This was amazing.
thank you, I think about Battle of Stamford Bridge next, just be patient, Greetings
A pretty good accounting. Fairly accurate with only a couple of tweaks needed but still enjoyable. Thanks.
this actually does a great job in a few minutes of showing you how the battle was lost for the english and how history turned with the english right. after reading julian rathbone you feel very sorry for the english who did something extraordinary in the lead up to hastings and hung it all out on this battle to lose to such a creature like william
A "creature" Like william? He was a brilliant tactician and the right of conquest was his. Regardless of his faults, You should respect him for his victory and the fact that he is largely to thank for england becoming a significant power. Harold was a good king, and a good general, But saxon rule was outdated and failed to advance in time to combat the Normans. That's all there is to it.
@@thedon9247 "That's all there is to it". William was a tyrant who killed and overthrow all the true nobles of England and then proceeded to put down all rebellions on a genocidal scale. These were both Catholic nations, at the time, Williams actions were sinful and brought harm to Christendom when Christian armies needed to come together to face the threat in Spain and the east. William is also responsible for beginning English involvement in Ireland and Wales, bringing the Kingdoms of the British isles into direct combat for territory against one another. William is also responsible for starting the 100 years war by forever holding the French monarchy in contempt to the English one by making it an unruly vassal of the French. Finally, William is responsible for ending the Witan, which is the oldest democratic form of government in western Europe. William however, was a good steward, he organised England incredibly well, but these advancements were soon to come anyway so I don't really see how he has benefited England in anyway.
@Sporkonafork1 he wasn't called William the bastard for nothing...he also brought in the robber barons from Rouen who seized property and land through usury
Mr Moist I’m sure I’ve read that England was one of the most prosperous kingdoms in western Europe before the Norman conquest, all William did was siphon the wealth upwards, it’s a great pity what happened, and how the Normans treated the Anglo Saxons was then applied against the Welsh, Scots and Irish.
@@thedon9247 England itself was formed by the Anglo-Saxons, along with our own identity, culture and language. The framework, tax system, shires, sheriffs, etc, were inherited by the Normans, only the personnel changed until they became English anyway. Our Royal Navy’s founder was credited to be Alfred the Great, I could go on!
In many ways the English law was better than the customs and laws introduced from the continent by the Normans as feudalism. For example the Anglo-Saxon treatment of women was better and freer than the Norman, and the Norman treatment of the lower, labouring class of Serf was close to slavery compared to the Anglo-Saxon treatment of the Ceorl.
Also, if possible, send your calvary units and flank around the enemy if there is a passage to do so.
If you think about it abstractly, this is in a way the long anticipated Roman reconquest of Britain. A Latin/Norse infused people from northern Gaul under ward of the Frankish Emperor who take Brittania back from the Anglo Saxon marauder kings of old. Who annexed it from the Roman Emperor Honorius. Hey well it only took 600 years haha.
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True, except that no frankish emperor (at the time, the Holy Roman Empire) was involved, only the French king.
Genuine frankish (caroligian) empire collapsed in the 840's in a full scale civil war that lasted decades; it was succeeded - when dust settled - by western Francia and Germania, renamed circa 950-1000, France and Holy Roman Empire (... Broadly...)
But yes, France was at this time totally latin in culture (that definitely includes late10th-11th century Normandy), except for Brittany (celtic), Flanders (flemish) and southern Gasconia (basque).
Revenge for the romano-britons
@@spartanwarrior1 The Normans integrated with the English, so not really.
How was it “revenge” if they intermarried?
i see the emperor has ordered some more clone armies.
I believe the Anglo-Saxon fought with axes, viking style. At least that is what I studied at school.
A typical English Huscarls would carry a Daneaxe, a smaller one handed axe as a sidearm, a Sēaxe stabbing knife (similar to a Gladius in length) and a sword
These videos are great. Appreciate all the hard work. Thanks.
The 3rd video that I download from youtube is from Total War Sandokan series. Really good job in making this kind of stuff.
Thanks man, Greetings
Great work Sandokan 👍👍👍
Thanks!
I say lads can you keep the noise down, my signaller hornblower is having trouble being heard.
I am a Time Traveller.I saw the Battle of Hastings.It was probably one of the bloodiest battles I have ever seen in the
World.The Great War and WW2 had the greatest losses in Human Life.I remember Stalingrad and the final attack on
Berlin.I have travelled back to see the Dinosaurs.Believe me you would not want to meet a T-Rex.I have travelled in
the future.Just to let you know that Humans will be living on Planets in the Solar System in the future.
6:00 is brutal...loved it thankyou
great video. epic music. love it.
Amazing work I loved it
Amazing work!
thanks mate :)
Nice Medieval 2 voices.
dude i just love your video's
Thank you! Greetings!
You forgot to mention the secret weapon the Normans had. The Saxons cavalry had to use one hand for the reins, and one hand for sword. The Normans had stirrups. So they could use two hands in battle. They only needed stirrups to guide their horses as you can see Arthur Godfrey do on his horse. Battle horses were huge, being mostly shire horses. They were trained to raise up and come down on soldiers. Plus Williams cavalrymen had the option of shield in one arm , sword in the other. Saxon cavalrymen did not have this luxury.
Finally they brought the old narrator back
One side is wearing PJs. They all must be dreaming they're in battle.
5:10 lol that happened to me once in Shogun 2. Enemy cavalry just stopped in it's tracks right in front of my line.
It’s a new total war thing because in real life there is no way even a warhorse would charge into a shield wall like that, it’s cool but annoying sometimes
This was, imo, the pivotal moment in the history of England and possible of the world. If William the Conquerer would have lost the battle, maybe the 100 years war and many other conflictes would not have taken place but who knows.
It was pivotal moment for british isles and france but not for the world, the norman kings didnt speak english till later on
@@mimir4965 That I know but ushered a new era.
@@tdh2044 I'm not British so stop assuming someone's nationality.
@@tdh2044 argh it wasn't that bad. He made a statement on the possible reach of a battle.
It was history changing like the battle marathon.
4:12 Saxon Huscarl takes an arrow in the shoulder... no fucks given.
'Received the cities submission'
is a very polite way to document the relations between the city of London and the Duke at the time.
What an awesome video.
Ah, my two relatives battling for the Throne!
PTSD for everyone - unbelievable! Great video - really puts into perspective...... RIP KING HAROLD
Imagine in those times William considers England his rightful property Dieu et Mon Droit was the slogan
8:18-mens are
new versions of jet aircraft
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I enjoyed your animation and recreation of this Historical battle and yes the actual battle is some 10-12 miles from Hastings at a place and village now called Battle. I have twice been to the actual site 15yrs.ago and again just this yr. It is an interesting place and you
Can actually walk the battlefield and it is marked at various stages or areas with info plaques and just recently the adjacent property/Pasture was acquired adding to the entire scope of the original combat area..
I actually knew about this additional area before having seen an ancient map of the so called battlefield so I made it my business to pass thru this adjacent farmers gate and Pasture knowing that the then public park area wasn't all inclusive at that time. I hoped the property owner didn't mind. The fact that King Harold had just finished a pitched battle several days before in the North whenThe Viking Harold (Blue Tooth) Hadrada invaded York with King Harold's dispossessed brother Tostig whom he defeated and then finding himself being invaded again in the South has to race back with his already exhausted and depleated troops to fight yet another incursion by the Norman William and the French. This last battle lasted the better part of day and the vastly out numbered English with King Harolds shieldwall on the high ground withstood several assaults by Williams forces whose heavy horse calvary had a difficult time with the marshy ground at the bottom of this hill. It wasn't until late afternoon that Williams forces were able to
Pull off a feigned retreat/attack that the less experienced and disciplined English troops broke ranks from the shieldwall in pursuit thus exposing them to Williams mounted Horse Who were finally able to effectively get the upper hand and shortly thereafter take out King Harold's leadership. The Conquering William seized the day.
This is really well done!! 👍
I just did a battle of hastings re- make. Its ironic how just after i did it this is coming up in my recommended lol. Great battle:)
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3:18 I used to be an adventurer like you, but then i took an arrow to the knee
INGA 10:66 “I used to be a king like you, but then I took an arrow to the eye.” - Harold Godwinson
Excellent! I Only wish I could have witnessed this battle, from a safe distance of course.
The ramifications of this battle are still with us to this day, aristocracy, class structure etc. Quite possibly the most important battle in English history.
Not to mention the imposition of the French language on the people of England.
@@Learnamericanenglishonline indeed "Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir ? " ... enough said.
@@Learnamericanenglishonline No, English was never replaced by French. The Normans intermarried and integrated with the English, so the language simply reflected that, hence the evolution from Old English to Middle English by the 12th century.
But the aristocracy have more English and Scottish blood today due to the intermarriages over centuries. The Normans themselves became as English as the Anglo-Saxons as well.
Fancy that, actual film of Battle of Hastings survived.
Yeh, and not even scratchy.......
I wish there was more literature back then on how they prepared for this,how they trained, more than the tapestry I mean
Could you do a Napoleon Total War video with Napoleon Total Combat mod?
I just learned about this in my History class
William .........my 27th Great Grandfather
I love ur content man
sO CINEMATIC
Thanks ;)
8:17 a couple of dudes got LAUNCHED
He's no stranger to war.
He knows the rules, and so do they.
We all just love it when the horses stop just before they run one into a shield wall 5:11
Find history of war fascinating.As a young person not many people seem to agree
Fantastic, loved this.
The voice over kinda sounds like the best narrator-David Attenborough
Dobra robota Sandokan!!!
i have not seen like this total war nice video
Harold wasnt Killed by an arrow in his eye, a popular myth due to the bayeux tapestry having been repaired and the spear held by a warrior being replaced as an arrow. Modern analysis shows it was originally a spear and was held by the warrior but now looks like he is holding the shaft of an arrow. The text above says , here king Harold dies, probably refers to the Warrior behind being hacked by a Norman Cavalryman.
This was awesome, better than most movies these days.
It's so sad watching this and knowing how it ends.
that one dude that gets a spear through his head...
very cool!
Thank you! Glad you like it !
What happened to the calvary maneuver by the Normans who retreated back to the marsh and the Saxons thought they had won?
Thanks This helped with school work
What about it helped?
It helped by explaining how the king of England lost the battle
I am learning Anglo Saxons in school
I thought that the whole arrow in the eye thing wasn't the truth... Harold's death was far more brutal, he got cut up, decapitated and he was barely recognizable by the end of the battle.
William had the knight who did it killed though didn’t he?
@@itnotmeitu3896 Well considering it was a death squad that was targeted at Harold himself once the Anglo Saxon shield wall broke, and William was supposedly part of it but that may not be true, however he would have authorized it (or even if he didn't order that, why would he care? He hated Harold for stealing the throne from him as he believed the throne was his)
That's true, the whore arrow in the eye thing came about long after the Battle. But in the Carmen, which is earlier, it tells of a vicious, and dare I say, rather unkingly attack on Harold, when William sent a Norman death-squad against Harold and cut his cock off, his limbs off, everything, by William's orders. That's unbelievably brutal, much more so than an arrow to the eye. And then Harold's Housecarls defended Harold's body 'til the last one dropped.
@@Anglisc1682 The Normans really were mindless barbarians, weren’t they? 😡
And they tried to discredit the Anglo-Saxons over the years as barbarians...thank god for the internet and Tolkien for igniting my interest.
They were not Normans but French.
They define themselves clearly as French in the Bayeux Tapestry.
It is written quite literally: "here the French massacred those who were with Harold".
well technically speaking the Norman's are originally from what is it Norway or Denmark I cant remember
it's like Americans they say they're Americans but theyre not native 😂 The USA was made by British people basically
@@ciaranmck4469
The US was made by people from across Europe. "The US is just a UK successor state!" lol
@@reidparker1848 But the founders were British though.
The tapestry wasn’t woven by the Normans...the Normans did not classify themselves as Franks, they actually hated the latter.
@@phoenixrose1192 Indeed.
Indeed, it was woven by your sister.
And it's clearly written Franks on the Bayeux Tapestry.
Bye, bye you nationalist troll full of illusIons.
And please, don't explain to a French History of France in the 11th century and the relationships between the king of the Regnum Francorum and the Duke of Normandy, vassal of the king of the Franks married withe the daughter of the king of the Franks, Mathilde.
If you want to deepen have a look to know who allowed GUILLELM, the one you call william, to become the Duke of Normandy.
With the help of King Henry I of France, the young duke set out on a campaign against the Norman rebels, whom he succeeded in defeating at the battle of Val-ès-Dunes, near Caen, in 1047.
So don't repeat the nonsense of the British nationalists.
The Vikings and their descendents wete everywhere a couple of centuries before and after this period in various forms. Some breed.
7:05 lol when you playing with your sibling and u hit them to hard 😂
4:26 I can just see the massive FPS drops for myself by looking at this